Railway-rail joint.



No. 812,417. PATENTED FEB. 13, 1906.

' E. T. FORRESTBRH RAILWAY RAIL JOINT.

APPLICATION FILED D305, 1905.

WITNESSES.-

A TTORNE Y5 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFFOF.

ELI T. FORRESTER, OF DENVER, COLORADO.

RAILWAY-RAIL JOINT- To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ELI T. FoRREsTER, a citizen of the United States,residing at Denver, in the county of Denver and State of Colorado, haveinvented a new and useful Railway-Rail Joint, of which the following isa specification.

This invention relates to improvements in the joints of railway-railsfor uniting them and bridging the gaps at the ends, and has for itsobject to improve the construction and increase the efliciency ofdevices of this character.

With these and other objects in view, which will appear as the nature ofthe invention is better understood, the invention consists in certainnovel features of construction, as hereinafter fully described andclaimed.

In the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification, andin which corresponding parts are denoted by like designating characters,is illustrated the preferred form of the embodiment of the inventionoapable of carrying the same into practical operation, it beingunderstood that various changes in the form, proportion, and minordetails of construction may be resorted. to without departing from theprinciple or sacrificing any of the advantages of this invention withinthe scope of the appended claims.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective view of the adjacent portionsof two rails, with the improved joint embodied therein, with theclamp-bars detached. Fig. 2 is a transverse section of the improvedjoint complete. Fig. 3 is a perspective view of one of the rail ends.

The vertical web portions of the rails are indicated at 10, the treadsat 11, and the tieflanges at 12, of the usual construction. Extendingfrom the rails at the ends are tongues formed by prolonging one-half ofthe vertical webs, as at 13, one-half the tie-flanges, as at 14, andone-half the treads or heads, as at 15, the tongues thus formed beingarranged rights and lefts, so that when the rails are disposed end toend the tongues will overlap and the treads, webs, and tie-flangescoincide and produce a continuous rail. The terminals of the tongues arescarfed, as at 16 17, the scarfing extending over the portions 13, 14,and 15, constituting the tongue structure, as shown, and with lateralshoulders 18 19 at the terminals of the scarfed portions. Recesses 20are formed at the roots or inner ends of Specification of LettersPatent. Application filed December 9, 1905. Serial No 291,123.

Patented Feb. 13, 1906.

the tongues, the recesses corresponding to and adapted to receive thescarfed portions of the tongues, and with lateral shoulders 21 22 at thefree ends of the tread portions 11 and tie-flange portions 14 of therails coincident with the outer terminals of the recesses.

By this arrangement when the ra1ls are disposed end. to end, as shown inFigs. 1 and 2, the inner faces of the overlappmg tongues will engage inlongitudinal alinement with the center line of the vertical webs of therails, and the scarfed portions of one rail will enter the recess of theother rail, with the lateral shoulders abutting, as shown. By this meansthe rails are firmly supported from both lateral and endwise movement,while at the same time the laterally-disposed abutting shoulders receivethe end thrust and prevent undue strains upon the relatively thinscarfed portions of the tongues.

The tongues are provided with transverse apertures 23 to receive aclamp-bolt 24,whereby the parts are firmly bound together, the aperturesbeing elongated to provide for expansion and contraction. Clamp-platesof the usual form, as at 25 26, may be employed upon opposite sides ofthe joint and secured in place by the clamp-bolt 24 and spacedclamp-bolts operating through spaced apertures 27 28.

Having thus described the invention,what is claimed is 1. In arailjoint, the rails having overlapping vertical tongues extending fromtheir adjacent ends, each tongue being an extension of one-half of thevertical web one-half of the tread and onehalf of the tie-flange of therespective rails, with the terminals of the .tongues scarfed for adistance and with recesses at the inner ends of the tonguescorresponding to and adapted to respectively receive the scarfedterminals of the tongues when the rails are disposed end to end, theouter ends of the recesses and the inner ends of the scarfed portionshaving lateral interbearing shoulders.

2. In a rail-joint, the rails having overlapping vertical tonguesextending from their adjacent ends, each tongue being an extension ofone-half of the vertical Web one-half of the tread and one-half of thetie-flange of the respective rails with the terminals of the tonguesscarfed for a distance and with recesses at the inner ends of thetongues corre sponding to and adapted to respectively receive thescarfed terminals of the tongues I my ownIhaVe hereto a'ffixed m whenthge1 ralshare disposed gnil to end, tle I the presence of twoWitnesses. outer en s o t e recesses an t e inner en s of the scarfedportions having lateral inter- ELI FORRESTER' 5 bearing shoulders andclamp-bolts uniting the Witnesses:

overlapping tongues. l EDWIN VANOISE,

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as l PATTIE DENNE.

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